Railway-vehicle frame or the like.



No. 698,736. Patented Apr. 29, I902.

S. RIFFLART.

RAILWAY VEHICLE FRAME OR THE LIKE.

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SCIPION RIFFLART, OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, ASSIGNOR TO SOGIFTE ANONYME DESIVAGONS TUBULAIRES, OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

RAlLWAY-VEHlCLE F RAME OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of- Letters Patent NO. 698,736, dated April29, 1902.

Application filed December 12, 1901. Serial No. 85,677. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SOIPION RIFFLART, eugineer, a subject of the King ofBelgium, residing at 21 Rue Grtry, Brussels, in the King dom of Belgium,have invented new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Railway-Vehicle Frames and the Like, (for which patents have been filed inBelgium, dated May 20, 1901, No. 156,618; in France, dated May 22, 1901,number of certificate 299,630; in Great Britain, dated May 25, 1901,number of certificate 10,837; in Spain, dated May 27, 1901; in Hungary,dated May 28, 1901,.number of certificate 7,779; in Russia, datedMay-29/ June 1, 1901, number of certificate 14,231," in Germany, datedJune 18, 1901, No. 6,126, and in Austria, dated July 8, 1901, N0.S.423,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exact. description.

My invention consists in the features hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings the improved construction is represented inFigure 1 in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is anelevation, partly in section, of the middle member. Fig. 1 is a sideelevation of the latter,and Fig. 5 is a section through arailway-carriage embodying the device;

The support or middle member a, in the form of a double-headed rail isprovided with curved heads or flanges c and with a strong hub d boredthrough in the center. The flanges c are recessed or notched at theside, thus forming notches b, and serve as a support for the two tubes6. The latter are connected with the middle member a by two side piecesf, of the same width as the middle mem ber, and embrace-the latterlaterally by means of their extremities, which are curved according tothe diameter of the tubes and support the lateral flanges of the middlemember by means of four inward projections g, extending from the innerfaces of each of, the side pieces. .Each side piece has threeperforations in its central vertical axis, the central openingcoinciding with that-of the hub d, while the other two openingscorrespond with the notches or recesses b in the middle member for, thereception of clam ping-bolts d b b. Thus it is onlynecessary to tightenthe screwbolts in order to obtain a rigid construction,

as owing to this arrangement the centers of 0 of the middle member, areby the wedging action of the projections gtightly pressed against thecircumferences of the tubes e, and at the same time the middle memberand the side pieces are securely united together. It is to be noted thatthe supporting curved ends of the side pieces strongly secure the tubesagainst separation, while leaving the tubes 6 partly uncovered, and thatthey provide lat eral flanges h, the upper faces of which are in linewith the circumference of the tubes and form a fiat seat for attachmentof the These flanges are in bottom of the carriage. tegral withcross-ribs t upon the curved ends of thefsfde pieces and with other ribson the e., the'side pieces as well as the middle member-are each made ofa single part, and, further,-that upon each of them strain is directlyexerted without the aid of the bolts,

which do not take up any of the strain, but simply act as absolutelyfree connecting parts in the construction.

. I claim 1 In combination with the upper and lower frame, members, asupport or strut interposed between the same, and clamping side piecesembracing said frame members, with means for securing said platestogether and to said support or strut, substantially as described.

2. Incombination,with the upperand lower tubular frame members, aninterposed strut or support having seats against which said framemembers rest, side clamping -plates embracing said frame members, andbolts passing through said strut and connecting said plates,substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

SOIPION RIFFLART.

Witnesses AUG. GOERISSEN, GREGORY PHELAN.

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